Predation by cats could lead to the extinction of the mediterranean endemic Yelkouan Shearwater puffinus yelkouan at a major breeding site

Ibis

Volumn 154, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 566-577

  Bonnaud, Elsa ^a,b   Berger, Gerald ^b   Bourgeois, Karen ^b   Legrand, Jerome ^b   Vidal, Eric ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTO DE PRODUCTOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^b AVIGNON UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Diet study; Felis silvestris catus; Invasive species; Island ecosystems; Puffinus yelkouan

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BREEDING POPULATION; BREEDING SITE; COLONY STRUCTURE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET; EXTINCTION; FELID; INVASIVE SPECIES; PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SEABIRD; VULNERABILITY;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

AVES; FELIS CATUS; IBIS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PROCELLARIIDAE; PUFFINUS YELKOUAN; RATTUS;

EID: 84868624804     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2012.01228.x     Document Type: Article

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